Flying Buttress

Early Access - Chapter Eleven

Sup bruhs,

Here's the next vid for you to view early (if you want)...

Chapter Twelve script is written and recorded so I should be able to post a link to that on Sunday once i've edited it.  And at that point, we'll be halfway through the book.    

I also finished Final Fantasy 7 remake - no spoilers but imo... it was absolutely fantastic.  I might be ...

Update

Hey peeps.

Quick post just to let you know how things are looking...

So far... I've managed to fully animate the first Six minutes of the next video. And it's about 15 minutes long. However... im not sure how much more I can do today before my brain stops working.

So at this rate... I might have to skip Tuesday as well. My aim is to get this video finished asap so I can gi...

Early Access - Chapter Ten

Hey peeps,

Sorry for the slight delay - Spent literally 12 hours yesterday finishing this video and then had to render it three times.  So that was fun.  One of those hours was on that guard puking though so... that was actually un-sarcastically fun.

You may notice I've also attached the script for Chapter 11.  As usual with my scripts... they don't always reflect how...

Early Access - Chapter Nine

Hey peeps,

Here's Fridays vid for you to watch early if you want.  We're pretty much on the brink of Warcraft III now so that's cool.  

Also - Alpha hype!  It's exciting, innit?  

I'm not going to be getting Alpha access this week... I can guarantee you that.  This first build is probably only going out to a couple of thousand people and I don't know a...

Early Access - Chapter Eight

Hello

So this episode is probably gonna feel like I got sick n tired of all the mushy stuff and decided the story needed to go in a more manly direction.  It's not my fault - I'm just doing what the book says!

But truth be told, it's actually been kinda fun doing the mushy stuff.  It's not something i necessarily would have chosen to do myself in any kind of original conte...

Early Access - Chapter Seven

Hello.

You know - I was dreading this part.  lol.  But I think it's turned out alright!  Not too cringey.  But not too stupid and immature either.  Someone asked me a while back on Twitter how I was gonna handle the Jaina / Arthas bed scene and I jokingly responded along the lines of "Dunno yet but I'm sure it'll be tasteful and artistic".  Bloody nailed it!<...

Early Access - Chapter Six

Hello!

So... I learned something new about myself.  Turns out adapting these romance scenes makes me feel really uncomfortable.  lol.  I know that probably makes me sound a bit prudish but whatevs.  

I think it's just emotional scenes in general, really.  I'm not an actor.  And also I'm British.  We don't really have emotions.  

I'm full...

Early Access - Chapter Five

Hello

Soz for the slight delay on the Early Access post today - Again, I wasn't even sure I'd get this done in time despite it being a shorter chapter.

But we've now finished Part One (The Golden Boy).  Part Two is called The Bright Lady and it's gonna be a bit soap opera-ish tbh.  It's like 11 Chapters long or something.  I've had a quick look at Chapter Six and it s...

Early Access - Arthas - Chapter Four

Hello

Dunno if I've managed to do the ending justice or not.  I wanted to play it as straight as possible but... I guess we'll see.  It was definitely too ambitious trying to make it gory.  But hopefully it hits the emotional mark and doesn't come across too cringey and try-hard.

Doing drunk voice for Aedelas was bloody fun though.  Makes me wish he was a more pr...

Early Access - Arthas (Chapter Three)

So I was right... the second half didn't take as long to edit.  lol.  But also I was working on this until way past my bed time so... that helped too.  

All the people on Twitter talking about self-isolation... they should just make YouTube videos.  Problem solved.  

I'm having a whale of a time doing this series so far but every time i'm writing a script, i...

Hello

Just a quick post to say that I'm running slightly behind on the next vid - it's taken me 9 hours just to do the first 4 minutes.

So Early Access might be slightly less Early. Or it might not be. I dunno. Maybe the second half of the vid won't take as long because it's mainly just Calia crying in her room.

But I thought I'd let you all know just in case. Worst case scenario......

Early Access - Arthas Chapter Two

Alright mates!

Here's the next video - hopefully the scheduled maintenance on Patreon doesn't stop you if you choose to watch this one before it goes up on Friday.

This is the first video I've made in a while that felt a little bit like making a Chronicle vid.  Which was fun.  And the part with Arthas RPing by himself in the Armory Hall had me chuckling to myself like a ma...

Early Access - Arthas: Rise of the Lich King (Chapter One)

Hey peeps,

I'm bloody proud of this one.  I can already tell it's going to be a lot of fun adapting this book.    Even the first Chapter is packed full of little lore tidbits and foreshadowing without it being too 'on the nose'.   

I might even try and tag Christie Golden when I tweet the video on Tuesday.  I didn't really do that with the Dawn of ...

Update - What's Next? (Plus there's a script in here)

Hey peeps,

So... as i mentioned before - the next video on the channel will be the Supercut of Dawn of the Aspects.  I'm currently rendering the main bulk of the video but I've still gotta record an intro and outro for it before it's completely done.   It's ended up being 4 n a half hours so I figured I'd skip doing Early Access for it cos I don't think there's enough space...

Early Access - The End!

Hello

Here's the final part of Dawn of the Aspects!  It's bloody finished.  Only took 6 months. lol.

Probably seems like I skipped a bit involving Jaina learning a bunch of stuff but I didn't.  That's genuinely how the book goes.  She gets BAMF'd by the Artifact in Chapter 24 and then when Kalec wakes up... she just knows things now.  

Other than the S...

Early Access - It's a Double Bill or something!

Hello

I bloody did it!  I'm very pleased with how this one turned out.  It's got everything.  Drama.  Suspense.  Bromance.  Action.  Drama.  Everything!

I'm also intrigued to see how this one performs.  I'm fully aware that shorter videos get ignored and buried by the YT Algorithm but... it's hard work, man!  This genuinely isn't a d...

Early Access - Chapter 23 pt. 2? (I dunno... i've lost track)

Hey peeps,

So... i'm off on a little trip this evening; going out for a meal and then sleeping somewhere and I don't know what time I'll be back home tomorrow.  So here's Tuesdays video... even earlier than usual.

Also, when I say sleeping somewhere... i mean in a room... not like under a bridge or something.

What I might try and do (if i can) is release both parts of Cha...

Words and stuff

Hey peeps.

As per the pinned comment on today's video... I kinda made the decision to delay the next video til next week.

Britain (and quite a lot of Europe) has been hit by two nasty storms in like... two weeks. And I live in a City that has a bloody great river running through it. And that river has flooded.

It hasn't damaged my property or anything (although my shed ...

Early Access - Chapter 23 pt. 1

Hey peeps,

Here's the next video for you to watch a couple of days early (if you want).

I've been working on a video for Hiru this week and that's very close to being finished.  It's a 16 minute long video which is like... 3 times longer than most of these Dawn of the Aspects vids so,,, took a while.  lol.  But i'm not gonna lie... i'm actually kinda proud of myself.<...

Early Access - Chapter Twenty Two (Part 2)

Hello

Here's the next one!  Kalec has brain farts and "Jaiba" has run out of ideas.  But in Chapter Twenty Three (Next week) the final battle begins.  At last.  

And now for the part where I just ramble a load of bollocks...

So I watched that Locke and Key on Netflix.  I liked it.  I've never read the comics though so I dunno how faithful an adapt...

Early Access - Chapter Twenty Two pt. 1

Hello

So this one turned out better than I thought it would.  I was a bit worried about this chapter cos... the story really doesn't go in the direction it should this late in the game.  

Part Two is especially annoying but I actually made myself laugh quite a bit recording the audio for that so hopefully that ends up being ok as well.   Full disclosure... Kalec ...

Early Access - Chapter Twenty One pt. 2

Hello

Here's the next vid... not the most eventful which is why I shoved a fish gathering montage in there.  Everybody loves fish gathering montages, right?

I'm still kinda learning which parts of the year are like... quiet times for YouTube.  I saw a couple of other creators like Hiru and MrGM mention that January is a bit crap... and they're not wrong.  I think i've...

Early Access - Chapter 21 pt. 1

Hello

This video get some things done, I suppose.  Which is good.  The next video... they're eating fish again so... maybe don't get too excited about that one.  

I finally managed to upgrade my Wrathion cloak after the last Early Access post.  Currently Rank 8.... might be Rank 9 later cos I should have enough Green Fortune Cookies to enter another Horrific Visi...

Early Access - Chapter Twenty pt. 2

Galakrond looks completely different now.  #DealWithIt.  lol.  It's a good thing that's actually part of the story... otherwise it would have been a weird thing to do when we're not that far from the end.  But things are looking pretty dire.  What is possibly going to happen?!  Will they even survive?!

Well... yeah... obviously... we all already know how this...

Early Access - Chapter 20 pt. 1

Good evening...

This one took a little longer than usual cos it's a bit all over the place and there's "action" and stuff.  I'm pretty sure someone with more skills and time could have done a much better job but... meh.

I really wish there was a decent model to use for Galakrond... and proto-dragons in general.  lol.  I much prefer using humanoid characters... these d...

Early Access - Chapter 19 Pt. 2

Hello

So this one is short and sweet.  Still not jam-packed full of reveals but hopefully it's still entertaining enough.  

I kinda feel like I've gradually been 'Homer Simpson-ing' Kalec... just to try and make his parts more interesting.  I try not to take it too far though... kinda like Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy 2... they 'Homer Simpson-ed' him too much imo. ...

Early Access - Chapter 19 Pt. 1

Hello

Oh wow... couldn't have picked a better screenshot myself.

This video is probably going to kill my channel.  lol.  But hey... If people haven't figured out by now that I don't take things very seriously then... that's on them really.  

I actually have a friend who started making TikTok videos.  And he did a skit of an artist spending loads of time wor...

Early Access + Update

Good Evening / Afternoon / Morning

Finally managed to get tomorrows video finished.  So here it is...

But also... Good news, everyone!  lol.  I've spoken to MadAgs now that Christmas is out of the way and stuff.  She's very interested in writing more Zone videos so if all goes to plan... they should be making a more frequent return to the channel in the near futu...

Soz mates!

Hey peeps.

I have not even had a chance to record the audio for Fridays video yet. I've written it and sat there using a stopwatch to edit in backgrounds and stuff but without the audio... I cant get much else done on the video.

So it's highly unlikely that I'll be able to get it done in time for early access tomorrow. The thing is... I'm actually still very self-conscious when...

Early Access - Not quite as exciting

Hey peeps,

Here's the (slightly less eventful) next video.  I mean... it's interesting if you're enjoying the journey towards Malygos and his mates becoming Dragon Aspects.  But... if you're not... then it's just a bunch of people talking in a cave.

Also... unfortunately, Google Drive automatically generates a thumbnail randomly so... I would have preferred it if they hadn...